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Oct 26, 2017 5:21 AM
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First half of this episode felt meh imo. However, I did like the character connection between Haruto and Mio. It feels like the two has some quiet chemistry.

Of course, there's character moments between Mio and Eita. I find their relationship to be a bit awkward tbh. Not sure how I feel about their relationship development but I hope it works out between the two. The confession~
Oct 26, 2017 6:25 AM
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It went well for the most part but during the ending it went wrong for the boys.
Izumi was nearly there but at the final moment he didn't confess his feelings, it wasn't the right time to do so.
Souma on the other hand was trying to hard.
I have to say the Morikawa is just like a mother with her behaviour.
Oct 26, 2017 7:24 AM
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The conversation between Haruto and Natsume was hard to watch, knowing what she feels for him. Still I see it more as a young girl's crush, rather than actual love.
Ena instead seems to like Eita more than just as a person heh. Don't know if she is aware of it though, probably not yet; at least she is not dense so that's a plus.

Haruto and Hatsuki look so cute together, I hope that ship will sail at least (even though for now it was sunk without mercy). It's probably the first side character's love story that I care more about than the MC's.

The ending was quite sad overall, wonder how the two "couples" will face each other next ep.
Oct 26, 2017 7:43 AM
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Souma Confessed, but got rejected.

Well, can understand from Morikawa's perspective. Maybe she's not interested in having that kind of relationship with anyone yet ? Besides, if they were to go out so soon now, it'll be too easy.

A Romance Anime needs its own drama and ups and downs to attract us viewers to continue watching the story as it unfolds, so I somewhat knew that Souma's confession wouldn't succeed that easily from the beginning of this episode. My prediction is that Morikawa will in the end date Souma after they get to know each other even better and something happens that would make Morikawa like Souma.

As for Eita, it doesn't seem that he would want to confess his feelings to Natsume anytime soon, and Natsume doesn't seem to have that kind of feelings to Eita at this time from what I have seen so far for these 4 Episodes. I think that the cameragirl Komiya would likely fall for Eita, as the signs can be seen from Komiya's interactions with Eita this episode.

From what I have seen so far of this show, this show has a Main Cast of 2 Male MCs, just like Gamers! Eita is the cool, analytic and calm type, while Souma is the cheerful and enthusiastic type. As for the Female Cast, I personally liked Komiya's bubbly and outspoken personality more than the indecisive personality of Natsume ( She hasn't managed to confess to Souma for all those years. ) As for Morikawa, she is a slightly boring and bland girl with nothing striking or unique from her personality other than her strong sense of responsibility caring for her brothers, from my opinion ( kinda as bland as some Harem male MCs lol ), so I think Souma's failure this time might be a good opportunity for us to see more character development from Morikawa, as she's human and can change her feelings due to any future events/developments, so I'll be looking forward to see how she changes.

Both Souma and Eita got almost decent equal screentime and dialogue, and both have their own respective love interests, as Gamers!' Uehara-Aguri and Tendou-Amano couples. Komiya might seem sidelined as the 3rd Female cast, but I am sure she will play an important role in the story later on if she realizes her feelings for Eita.

For now I have great expectations of seeing more character development from Morikawa and Komiya. If this story goes the route we expect, probably the cameragirl Komiya will not end up with any of the 2 Male Leads, just like Hoshinomori ends up that way in Gamers!, getting the short end of the stick.

So, possible ships by the end of this show might be Souma-Morikawa, and Eita-Natsume. I'll be coming back 2 months later to check this post of mine on this thread once this show ends, and see if my early prediction for those 2 Ships would be spot on or not lol.
CoolitzHubertXVIOct 26, 2017 8:19 AM
I am someone that would like to watch a Harem Anime with 2 male leads that each gets their own harem company of girls from the main cast. For example, 1st male lead gets a company of 4 girls and 2nd male lead gets 2-3 girls etc.
Oct 26, 2017 9:15 AM
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Well Natsume's dog is awesome..... Able to read his owner thought and understand human language .... 10/10 would get one if it is available somewhere. XD
Oct 26, 2017 9:19 AM
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It was nice to see one guy show some more emotions and the other one shut the hell up for a while. Can't say I like any of the characters very much but at least now I'm starting to care what will happen next.
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Oct 26, 2017 9:20 AM
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Feelsbad. Ena generally seems like she has deeper feelings for Izumi, if only he wasn't so stuck on entrance exams-chan. Kinda sad for Souma getting rejected but that was to be expected tbh given Morikawa's character and their interactions
Oct 26, 2017 9:23 AM
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Haruto being chased by the dog was amusing. During his conversation with Mio, it appears she has some feelings for him. He confessed to Hatsuki, but he got rejected. RIP. I wonder how they would face each other next episode. Ena says she likes Eita as a person, but I think there's more than that.
Oct 26, 2017 9:26 AM
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After all that hard work, in the end Souma got rejected.

Probably won't happen but I want to see Komiya x Izumi ship. Izumi was close in confessing to Natsume.

Oct 26, 2017 9:43 AM

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I am really glad that things went the way it did. I mean love or even a crush does not come easy at all. Sometimes we do not even know what the results are. I'm glad it did not come out easy since it is not easy at all. Too bad Haruto must've put in a lot of work from a home run hit, to getting used to dogs, and later getting the alone time, to confess. Only to be politely rejected or so.
Oct 26, 2017 9:45 AM

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God i wish i was an anime character, apparently the only thing you need to do for the girl to fell for you is to pick up her eraser from the ground


That ending tho. But i'm sure there is something that has to do with Natsume that made Morikawa said what she said.
Oct 26, 2017 9:54 AM
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I got confused with the whole "good luck" and "good luck to come" being incorporated into the confession...

Oct 26, 2017 9:58 AM
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Watching Natsume and Eita together was painful I was gld he told her off about the torch he has to bear for her for the past 4 years. He should have just cleared the air so he can move on. Ena hpas now become his phone buddy. Interesting that she picked up his love for Natsume whereas Natsume never has
Oct 26, 2017 10:14 AM
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So Izumi mostly confess to clueless person
but thank for Souma, Natsume look like know about Izumi like her since Middle School
seriously Izumi truly sacrifice himself for souma
even his debate with Natsume start about Natsume for Souma and worse when he start hurt himself :|

Komiya Ena just 11 12 with Natsume
to think any more important beside her feeling
but to be honest no (no yet) reason for her to feel about Izumi
that must joking about love on first sight
Oct 26, 2017 10:15 AM

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Well Eita put up with enough bullshit and finally decided to call her out and then leave, next episode should be intersting ;p

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Haruto being chased by the dog was amusing. During his conversation with Mio, it appears she has some feelings for him. He confessed to Hatsuki, but he got rejected. RIP. I wonder how they would face each other next episode. Ena says she likes Eita as a person, but I think there's more than that.


no you dont think there's more than that u want there to be more than that

and that would be weird for a anime thats going for a realistic portrayal like this, she has no reason to like him, not yet anyway
Oct 26, 2017 10:17 AM
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WOW... both boys shot down with no mercy at all.
Harutos story is kind predictable though (i think at least) she said no because she is moving or because she feels responsible for something beeing the good mother character that she is. Haruto will do the good old emotional speech for her, she will start crying and return his feelings and all is well that ends well gg vp.(my prediction)
As for Eita though... i dont have a single clue. Maybe Ena will cherr him up then at the end fall for him at the same time Natsume does and he will emitinaly choose one in the last episode, or it just continues as normal, or Natsume will ask Haruto, get shut down then comforted by Eita. And dont ask me on Ena vs Natsune, i cant decide. Will be exiting to see whats next.
Best romance of fall 2017 imo (and kinda be default, like come on where is the competition?? Omii aite?)
Oct 26, 2017 10:26 AM

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Very emotional episode wow. I wonder if she rejected Soma cause she knows about Mio's feelings for him? Doubt it though. Probably because she's moving
Oct 26, 2017 10:27 AM

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New years, camera girl saying she likes eita's personality XD
Haruto gets turned down by Morikawa and eita almost bearing all his feelings but stops midway.

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I got confused with the whole "good luck" and "good luck to come" being incorporated into the confession...

IMO the good luck to come means right now is bad luck which has to do with haruto's confession but that's actually good luck for eita since he can be with mio who's good luck to come might means she might get a chance with haruto later.
Oct 26, 2017 10:57 AM

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Well of course things wouldn't smoothly. It's still in the first third of the series.
Oct 26, 2017 10:58 AM

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Still wondering what Haruto will do after this.

Morikawa is like she is not interested in love life.

Izumi, so lame.

Komiya best girl. I said in the discussion of the very first episode that I would like to see Komiya x Izumi. And I am still rooting for these two (though there is no chance).

Haruto feels so bad. He is such a good guy. He doesn't deserve that.
Oct 26, 2017 11:04 AM

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tfw he had balls and confessed 4 episodes in instead of at the end of the series just to get rejected.

Give this man a hug.
Oct 26, 2017 11:05 AM

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This was a pretty great episode on the whole, with lots of interesting developments for all the main cast, although it's a bit unclear what Haruto will do now that he's been rejected. Also, Natsume fell in love with him over an eraser? Come on, put a bit more effort into it than that; this show has shown elsewhere that it can be bothered to put effort in, so that lazy bit of back story for that particular relationship was surprising. The development for Komiya and Eita's relationship this episode also made it a lot harder for me to decide how I want things to end up overall: damn you love polygons!
Oct 26, 2017 11:21 AM
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ichii_1 said:
New years, camera girl saying she likes eita's personality XD
Haruto gets turned down by Morikawa and eita almost bearing all his feelings but stops midway.

LilacChild said:
I got confused with the whole "good luck" and "good luck to come" being incorporated into the confession...

IMO the good luck to come means right now is bad luck which has to do with haruto's confession but that's actually good luck for eita since he can be with mio who's good luck to come might means she might get a chance with haruto later.


I see I see... thank for holding my hand lol

Oct 26, 2017 11:23 AM

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I told myself I would drop this if we didn't get the confession this episode. Well, we got it, but RIP best boy. His crush was kind of lame anyway as a character, so maybe it was for the best she rejected him.
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Oct 26, 2017 11:24 AM

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Nice to see Yoriko getting the respect she deserves from her harem of starry-eyed kouhai.

That aside, I couldn't contain my laughter at "That girl in Band Club would never beat Mio." She's better in every single aspect imaginable. With ease. Glad she rejected this chump, though. All of his interactions with her in this episode were trash. Especially the way he ran her off when those girls popped up. If he hadn't yelled out that he loved her, she would have probably been convinced of the opposite. He's gonna cry in the car.

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Oct 26, 2017 11:37 AM
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Well this was a nice episode. I want to see how the drama plays out for the next few episodes.
Oct 26, 2017 11:55 AM

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the photo girl (Komiya??) is slowly becoming my favorite character. and oh my, the boys getting it rough in the second half.

also i really hate the bitchy overprotective friend characters
Oct 26, 2017 11:56 AM

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And the fun things are over. Here comes the drama train.

I called it, right before the rejection came. It was spelled out for us: Morikawa gave out signs she's not interested in anyone, she barely even knows Haruto. For her he was just a random guy from school until days ago. But I'm still afraid for her: Natsume's peers don't look like nice people, I hope they won't bully her for hurting Natsume's crush's feelings by the virtue of existing.
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Oct 26, 2017 12:11 PM
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The first part of the episode was quite slow and that's in keeping with the anime's slow pacing.

The ending was pretty well done and they did a fine job of showing how the 2 male leads we're in situations that mirrored each other.

That one moment at the end when Eita had that outburst and they showed a close up of his face, that one moment made him seem more human than all the other episodes combined.
Oct 26, 2017 12:31 PM

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That ending tho. But i'm sure there is something that has to do with Natsume that made Morikawa said what she said.
I too was wondering if she rejected him cause she knows about Natsume's feelings for him but I don't think that's it tbh they don't seem that close for her to pick up on that
Oct 26, 2017 12:37 PM
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What exactly did Natsume mean when she said
So, I need to get Soma to do his best in order to pass my exam,too ???
Oct 26, 2017 12:38 PM
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I'm pretty upset that Morikawa gave him the wrong idea, she made it sound like she likes him, too when she talked to him for the whole episode. Not sure where this will go now, i'm sorry for both guys.
Oct 26, 2017 12:59 PM

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Nooooooo! Haruto, my boy! D:

Ena is not as annoying as I thought. I kind of like her more than Mio now.
Oct 26, 2017 1:03 PM

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I needed time but now I'm on board ... Ena Komiya best girl !!!


About Natsume, I thought that maybe she had lost her feelings towards Haruto over time but no, it seems she is still stuck in the past. Good that Eita almost confessed, at least now she may look at him "properly" (if she understood what he meant! I hope so).

Morikawa rejection. It makes sense from what we saw (dense, apparently immune to love feelings) but maybe there's more than that. I wonder.

Still enjoying the atmosphere of this anime. Where will this us lead ? One week to wait again.
Oct 26, 2017 1:07 PM

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I'm pretty upset that Morikawa gave him the wrong idea, she made it sound like she likes him, too when she talked to him for the whole episode. Not sure where this will go now, i'm sorry for both guys.


She didn't meant to; he was kind to her, which she appreciated, but that's about it. It's not like people are forbidden to make friends with the opposite gender. You could say that everyone else has been in clues about the whole thing but it's not like they did spell it out to Morikawa. Plus she's in a different clique from the others (except for Inui).
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Oct 26, 2017 1:28 PM

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Getting interesting. I assume Ena Komiya will join the "battle", don't know about her chances but will be rooting for her.
Oct 26, 2017 1:39 PM
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I'm still not the biggest fan of the characters but some of them are starting to grow on me, which is good and all since that means I'll probably then like the rest if it does improve.

I feel somewhat bad for the guy though :S
Oct 26, 2017 1:42 PM

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Damn, I wish the whole series was out already so that I could grind. Good stuff.

It hurt seeing Izumi at the end
Oct 26, 2017 1:48 PM
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BOOM shot down. RIP mate.
Oct 26, 2017 1:49 PM

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Honestly, best episode so far.
Thanks to the simplistic music, monotonous voice acting, and dim visuals I had no trouble catching up on some sleep.

In all seriousness though; it felt like there was an inkling of drama beginning to culminate, then it was all but extinguished by the end of the episode. I still think that this show could get better, but my expectations are low.
Oct 26, 2017 1:56 PM

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Sooo, Haruto gets shot down (not because he has no chance but possibly Morikawa knows that Natsume is in love with him). Izumi indirectly gets shot down but Ena also indirectly kinda told him that she likes him. The love arrows are all over the place lol. It was a good episode, the pacing got a bit better.
Oct 26, 2017 2:09 PM

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Decent episode with some nice and unexpected development,wonder how the boys want to come back from that.

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Oct 26, 2017 2:36 PM

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Can we stop with the eraser based romances! I still liked the episode though.
Oct 26, 2017 4:01 PM

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Tomoebi said:
Can we stop with the eraser based romances! I still liked the episode though.
Aw, I was gonna say that...like in last season's Koi to Uso.

I've kinda experienced something similar. Though I was a little bit interested in the guy before he gave me a pencil...and I was the one who asked him anyway...lol.


Actually thinking about it, that may be the very point that this show will highlight. For both Natsume and Haruto their crushes both started from something very shallow, (picking up eraser, playing trumpet to support team). Neither crush came from each actually KNOWING the object of their crush.
Oct 26, 2017 4:04 PM

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Considering how boring I found the first episode, I'm really into this now. All the characters feel so real and likeable.

Photograph girl is my favourite. I find her attitude really refreshing, and tbh I ship her with MC more than I do with Natsume.

Soma is a cutie. I wonder what her reasons for rejection were?

Also what is with people falling in love over erasers in anime lol? This happened in Koi to Uso as well and it baffles me :')
'I love you because you're you. I'm happy that you're whole. I don't care if there are sides of you that I don't know, or don't like. If that's who you are, that's fine. As long as you're whole, that's enough for me.'-Kouko Kaga
Oct 26, 2017 4:21 PM

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Best episode so far probably. Highlights of the episode were definitely the final moments. Poor guys. Wonder where this will go now.


Oct 26, 2017 4:35 PM

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Damn, pretty good episode. That was tense as hell towards the end though. Haruto gets flat out rejected, which was kind of expected at this point. I wonder if we'll get any reason on her end.

Eita somewhat confesses how he fells, but chickens out and goes home before giving the full spiel. Not really sure how these relationships will fall by the end of this.

On the bright side, Ena has solidified her position as best girl.
Oct 26, 2017 5:10 PM

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I'm actually enjoying this anime.. Pretty good episode so far.. But I think Morikawa's rejection is too obvious from her expression when Soma confessed.. Probably her reason would be about family or stuff like that~
Oct 26, 2017 5:23 PM
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Just came here to say komiya is best girl and I ship her with Izumi. (yes I know there's no chance)
Oct 26, 2017 5:25 PM

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Just came here to say komiya is best girl and I ship her with Izumi. (yes I know there's no chance)


I think she has a chance, it's kinda suspicious that she is the most fleshed out of all the girls so far (imo).
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